Review of Towelhead (2008) by Ronald S — 25 Jan 2009

If you like the suburbia-hating tone and anomie of alan ball's "american beauty" you'll prolly dig this.

This review of Towelhead (2008) was written by Ronald S on 25 Jan 2009.

Towelhead has generally received positive reviews.

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